Mia Rodriguez

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Mia Rodriguez
Born (2002-07-14) 14 July 2002 (age 22)
Sydney, Australia
Genres Alternative pop, dance-pop, electropop, alternative R&B
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2019–present
Labels City Pop
Atlantic Records
Website miarodriguez.com.au

Mia Rodriguez is an Australian pop music singer-songwriter. [1] She started her career posting covers and other content on TikTok, and started releasing music in 2019. [1]

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Career

Rodriguez was signed with Michael Chugg's label City Pop Records in late 2019. [2] She issued her first single, "Emotion", in December of that year, as the label's first release. [2] [3] The music video had over 850,000 views on YouTube. [3] Her next single, "Psycho", was released in April 2020. [4] Its music video had over 6,000,000 views on YouTube by the end of the year. [4] She also made her live debut with a performance supporting Sydney-based duo, Lime Cordiale, in April. [5]

Her third single, "Beautiful & Bittersweet" (stylised in all-caps), was released in August 2020, [6] alongside a lyric video. [7] It was produced by Dave Hammer (Lime Cordiale). [6] Greta Brereton of NME Australia reported that the artist had 2 million subscribers on TikTok. [6] The music video was released two months later in October 2020. [8] At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards, held as a virtual ceremony, the singer was a presenter. [9] [10]

Personal life

Rodriguez was brought up in Western Sydney. She is openly pansexual and suffered bullying in her childhood and teenage years as a result of her sexuality and eccentric personality. [11]

Discography

Mia Rodriguez discography
Music videos5
Singles6

Singles

List of singles as lead artist showing year released and album name
TitleYear Album
"Emotion"2019Non-album singles
"Psycho"2020
"Beautiful & Bittersweet"
"Billion Dollar Bitch"
(featuring Yung Baby Tate)		2021
"Shut Up" [12] 2022
"Superglue"
"I Luv U"
"Ride"2024

Videography

TitleYearDirector(s)
"Emotion"2019Josh Harris
"Psycho"2020
"Beautiful & Bittersweet"Macario De Souza
"Billion Dollar Bitch"2021Josh Harris
"Shut Up"2022
"I Luv U"

Awards and nominations

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
J Awards of 2020 [13] [14] Mia RodriguezUnearthed Artist of the YearNominated

Rolling Stone Australia Awards

The Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually in January or February by the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year. [15]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2021 [16] Mia RodriguezBest New ArtistWon

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  2. 1 2 Brandle, Lars (16 December 2019). "Mia Rodriguez, TikTok Star, Signs with Michael Chugg's New Label City Pop Records". Billboard . Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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  4. 1 2 "Psycho - Mia Rodriguez - YouTube". www.youtube.com. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ↑ English, Laura (28 August 2020). "'Psycho' Artist Mia Rodriguez Drops New Track 'BEAUTIFUL & BITTERSWEET'". Music Feeds . Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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